HomeMy WebLinkAbout024347 ORD - 01/30/2001AN ORDINANCE
ORDERING A GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON APRIL 7, 2001, IN
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI FOR THE ELECTION OF MAYOR AND
EIGHT COUNCIL MEMBERS; PROVIDING FOR PROCEDURES FOR
HOLDING SUCH ELECTION; PROVIDING FOR NOTICE OF ELECTION
AND PUBLICATION THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF
BRANCH EARLY POLLING PLACES; DESIGNATING POLLING PLACE
LOCATIONS; ENACTING PROVISIONS INCIDENT AND RELATING TO
THE SUBJECT AND PURPOSE OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND DECLARING
AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the City Charter provides for the holding of a regular City election for
Mayor and Council Members in the City of Corpus Christi, on the first Saturday in April in
odd-numbered years, the same being April 7, 2001; and
WHEREAS, it is provided in Section 3.004 of the Texas Election Code that
municipal authorities shall order elections pertaining to municipal affairs, and other
provisions of the Election Code provide for notice, appointment of officers to hold the
election, and other matters related to the holding of the election.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION '1. A regular City election (hereinafter "the Election") for a Mayor and
eight Council Members shall be held in the City of Corpus Christi, Texas on April 7, 2001.
SECTION 2. At the Election all the qualified voters of the City of Corpus Christi shall
be permitted to vote.
SECTION 3. The names of candidates for the office of Mayor and the names of
candidates for the office of the City Council members shall be placed on said ballot in the
manner and form prescribed by law.
SECTION 4. Precinct ballot counters shall be employed at the election in
accordance with the Texas Election Code and the Election shall be held at the polling
places in the regularly prescribed precincts of the City of Corpus Christi, as set forth on
Attachment A hereto incorporated by reference and made part of this ordinance. The
Election shall be held in accordance with the election laws of the State of Texas. The polls
shall be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on the date of the Election. Testing of precinct
ballot counting equipment shall be conducted as prescribed by the Secretary of State's
directive "Alternate Method of Testing Precinct Ballot Equipment".
SECTION 5. The City Secretary shall conduct the Election as directed by ordinance
of the City Council and by law. He is directed to request consideration by the U.S.
Department of Justice by the submission of any change herein which require preclearance,
and providing such demographic data and information as required by law.
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SECTION 6. Paper ballots and precinct ballot counters shall be used for the
conduct of the Election on election day and for early voting. Early voting in person at each
of the temporary branch polling places shall be conducted from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, beginning on March 21, 2001 and ending on April 3, 2001. Such
early voting in person may be conducted at the main early voting polling place located at
City Hall in the lobby adjacent to the Utilities Business Office, 1201 Leopard, or at the
temporary branch polling places hereby established as follows:
Northwest Site
Westside Site
Southside Site
Flour Bluff Site
Central Site
11425 Leopa~
4040 Greenwood
5151McA~le
10110 Compton Road
901Leopa~
Hilltop Community Center
Greenwood Senior Citizen Center
C.C. Area Council for the Deaf
Nueces County Building
Nueces County Courthouse
In addition, early voting in person may be conducted at the mobile temporary branch
polling places set forth in the attached Attachment B incorporated by reference and made
a part of this ordinance, during the days and hours specified therein. The City Secretary
is authorized, in the event of an emergency, preventing any of the designated polling
places from being utilized, to provide for suitable replacement locations.
Each branch polling place and the main early polling place shall serve all election
precincts.
SECTION 7. The City Secretary is directed to post and publish such election notices
as are required by the Election Laws of the State of Texas. The City Secretary is further
appointed as the authority and officer responsible for the conduct of said election and is
hereby authorized and directed to make all necessary arrangements for the holding of said
election in accordance with and subject to the laws of this State including but not limited
to contracting with Nueces County for the use of tabulation equipment, supplies and
printing of ballots for the General Election and Runoff Election, if one is necessary, for an
amount up to $80,000.
SECTION 8. By approving and signing this ordinance, the Mayor officially confirms
as his action all matters recited in this ordinance which by law come within his jurisdiction.
SECTION 9. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase,
word, or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by final
judgement of a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect any other section,
paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, work, or provision of this ordinance, for it is the
definite intent of this City Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause,
phrase, word or provision hereof be given full force and effect for its purpose.
SECTION 10. The fact that it is necessary and essential that the governing body
of the City of Corpus Christi order election pertaining to municipal affairs, that the notice
of such election should be promptly posted and published, that a regular City election shall
be held on the first Saturday in April 2001, and that the requirements of the Voting Rights
Act of 1965 may be timely met, and immediate action is necessary for the efficient and
effective administration of the city's affairs, creates a public emergency and an imperative
public necessity requiring the suspension of the charter rule that no ordinance shall be
passed finally on the date of its introduction but that such ordinance shall be read at two
meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor, having declared that such emergency and
necessity exist, having required the suspension of the Charter rule and that this ordinance
be passed finally on the date of its introduction and take effect and be in full force and
effect from and after is passage, the Council hereby finds that such em~r~ncy and
necessity do exist, and IT iS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this the i~~P'' day of
January, 2001.
A'I-I'EST:
City Secretary
APPROVED: .~0 day of January, 2001
JAMES R. BRAY, CITY A'FrORNEY
Ci~t~orn~y ~
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance, an
emergency exists requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting
upon ordinances at two regular meetings; INVe, therefore, request that you suspend said
Charter rule and pass this ordinance finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present
meeting of the City Council.
Respectfully
Respectfully
Council Members
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Samuel L. Neal, Jr.
Javier D. Colmenero
Melody Cooper
Henry Garrett
Arnold Gonzales
Rex A. Kinnison
Betty Jean Longoria
John Longoria
Mark Scott
024347
ATTACHMENT "A"
A~tached to and made a part of Ordinance No(~ t~"-] date~ 2001 ordering a
General Election on April 7, 2001, in the City of Corpus Christi. - ~) '
PRECINCTS POLLING PLACE LOCATION AND ADDRESS
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
*9
17
18
20
21
First Presbyterian Church
430 S. Carancahua, C.C. TX
Windsor Park Elementary School
4525 S. Alameda St., C.C. TX
Cedar Ridge Townhomes Party Room
4445 Cedar Pass, C.C. TX
Kostoryz Elementary School
3602 Panama, C.C. TX
Hamlin Middle School
3900 Hamlin, C.C. TX
Ethel Eyerly Community Center
654 Graham, C.C. TX
Oak Park Special Emphasis School
3701 Mueller St., C.C. TX
Ella Barnes Elementary School (Cafeteria)
2826 Oso Parkway, C.C. TX
Calallen Middle School
4602 Comett, C.C. TX
Alternative High School Center
1530 Airline Rd., C.C. TX
Flour Bluff County Building
10110 Compton, C.C. TX
Galvan Elementary School
3126 Masterson, C.C. TX
Kiwanis Recreation Center
3933 Timon Blvd., C.C. TX
PRECINCTS
24
29 & * 16
3O
31
32
33'
*34
38
39
*40 & 19
41
42
43
44
POLLING PLACE LOCATION AND ADDRESS
West Oso High School
5202 Bear Lane, C.C. TX
Luther Jones Elementary School
7533 Lipes Avenue, C.C. TX
T. C. Ayers Recreation Center
1722 Winnebago, C.C. TX
Leal Residence
1217 l0th Street, C.C. TX
Blanche Moore Elementary School
6121 Durant, C.C. TX
George Evans Elementary School
1315 Commanche, C.C. TX
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church
1080 Clarkwood Road, C.C. TX
Chas. W. Crossley Elementary School
2512 Koepke, C.C. TX
South BluffUnited Methodist Church (Ed. Bldg.)
1329 Seventh Street, C.C. TX
Island Presbyterian Church
14030 Fortuna Bay, C.C. TX
Bonilla Building (Atrium)
2727 Morgan Avenue, C.C. TX
Wenzell Garage
217 Leming, C.C. TX
Wm. Travis Elementary School
3210 Churchill, C.C. TX
Zavala Senior Center
510 Osage, C.C. TX
PRECINCTS
45 & 46
47
48
49
50 & 59
'51
53
56
57
58
60
61 &77
62
63
POLLING PLACE LOCATION AND ADDRESS
George Wiggins Homes (Recreation Center)
2320 Buford, C.C. TX
Ben Garza Gym
1815 Howard, C.C. TX
Mosier Garage
4637 Branscomb, C.C. TX
Scott Vetters Scout Hut
3221 McKinzie, C.C. TX
Lindale Recreation Center
3133 Swanmer, C.C. TX
Weldon Gibson Elementary School (Cafeteria)
5723 Hampshire, C.C. TX
Sam Houston Elementary School
363 Norton Street, C.C. TX
La Armada Boys & Girls Hall
1455 Southgate, C.C. TX
Del Mar College (Harvin Center)
Baldwin & Ayers, C.C. TX
Menger Elementary School
2401 S. Alameda, C.C. TX
Adult Learning Center
3902 Morgan Ave., C.C. TX
Teenage Mothers Schools (TAMS)
3109 Carver, C.C. TX
Wynn Seale Middle School
1707 Ayers, C.C. TX
Parkway Presbyterian Church (Fellowship Hall)
3707 Santa Fe, C.C. TX
PRECINCTS POLLING PLACE LOCATION AND ADDRESS
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71 & 95
72
73
74
75
76
78
Wilson Elementary School
3925 Ft. Worth, C.C. TX
Montclair Elementary School
5241 Kentner, C.C. TX
Fire Station No. 7
3722 S. Staples, C.C. TX
C. C. Model Railroad Club
821 Louisiana Ave., C.C. TX
Church of the King
1012 Annapolis, C.C. TX
Baker Middle School
3445 Pecan, C.C. TX
Arrowsmith Apartments
5701 Williams Drive, C.C. TX
Lexington Elementary School
2901 McArdle, C.C. TX
Central Park Elementary School
3602 McArdle, C.C. TX
James W. Fannin Elementary School
2730 Gollihar, C.C. TX
Cunningham Middle School
4321 Prescott, C.C. TX
David Crockett Elementary School
2625 Belton, C.C. TX
Port Avenue Drug Store
913 Port Ave., C.C. TX
John F. Kennedy School
5040 Rockford, C.C. TX
PRECINCTS POLLING PLACE LOCATION AND ADDRESS
79 & 52
80
82 & 81
83
84
85
86
87
89
90
92
93
94
96
Robert Driscoll Middle School
261 Driscoll, C.C. TX
Skinner Elementary School
1001 Bloomington, C.C. TX
La Raza Runaway Shelter
721 Omaha, C.C. TX
Gulf Coast Council of La Raza
2203 Baldwin, C.C. TX
C. C. Area Council for the Deaf
5151 McArdle, C.C. TX
T. G. Allen Elementary School
1414 18th St., C.C. TX
Munson Garage
3212 Topeka, C.C. TX
Carroll Lane Elementary School
4120 Carroll Lane, C.C. TX
Crossroads Baptist Church
5730 Kimbrough, C.C. TX
Fire Station No. 11
910 Airline, C.C. TX
Cullen Place Middle School
5224 Greely, C.C. TX
Water Utilities Bldg., (Conference Room)
2726 Holly Road, C.C. TX
Wm. Calk Elementary School
4621 Marie, C.C. TX
Norton Street Church of Christ
3001 Norton, C.C. TX
PRECINCTS
97
98
99
100
101
'103
106
'107 & *23
109
110
*111
112
113
114&*15
POLLING PLACE LOCATION AND ADDRESS
Rosas Garage
4462 Dinn, C.C. TX
Moody High School
1818 Trojan Drive, C.C. TX
Bennett Garage
417 Villa Drive, C.C. TX
Tuloso-Midway Intermediate Elementary
1925 Tuloso Road, C.C. TX
Tuloso-Midway High School
2653 McKinzie Road, C.C. TX
Tuloso-Midway Middle School
9830 LaBranch, C.C. TX
Tom M. Browne Middle School
4301 Schanen, C.C. TX
Magee Elementary School
4201 Calallen Drive, C.C. TX
King High School
5225 Gollihar, C.C. TX
Hilltop Community Center
11425 Leopard, C.C. TX
LULAC West Apartments (Community Room)
10702 IH 37, C.C. TX
Schanen Estates Elementary School
5717 Killarmet, C.C. TX
Garcia Elementary School
4401 Greenwood, C.C. TX
St. John's Baptist Church Annex
5445 Greenwood, C.C. TX
PRECINCTS
115&88
116
117
118
119
120 & 91
121
122 & 26
POLLING PLACE LOCATION AND ADDRESS
Club Estates Elementary School
5222 Merganser, C.C. TX
Elliott Grant Middle School
4350 Aaron, C.C. TX
Flour BluffHigh School (Auditorium)
2505 Waldron Road, C.C. TX
Trinity Church of the Nazarene
6225 Weber, C.C. TX
Fire Station No. 14
S. Staples & La Costa, C.C. TX
Woodlawn Elementary School
1110 Woodlawn, C.C. TX
C. P. Yeager Elementary School
5414 Tripoli, C.C. TX
Flour Bluff ISD (Maintenance/Transportation)
2505 Waldron Road, C.C. TX
* Indicates partially outside city limits. Only voters who reside inside the city limits may vote.